> Things are looking up > > > > Piedmont Coastal Repeater Network > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:23:03 -0400 > > > From: "BARRY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: FCC Warns Trucking Firms > > > > > > FCC Warns Trucking Firms about Alleged Unlicensed 10-Meter Operation > > > > > > From the ARRL website: > > > > > > FCC Warns Trucking Firms about Alleged Unlicensed 10-Meter Operation > > > > > > NEWINGTON, CT, Jul 28, 2003--The FCC Enforcement Bureau has sent > > > Warning Notice letters to three highway transportation firms asserting > > > that drivers of some of their vehicles may have transmitted without a > > > license on 10 meters. All three notices allege the unlicensed > > > operations took place July 8 on Interstate highways in South Carolina. > > > > > > Letters went out July 14 from FCC Special Counsel Riley Hollingsworth > > > to Jolly Roger Capital Ltd of Columbia, South Carolina, Tidewater > > > Transit Company of Kinston, North Carolina, and Shuford Lumber of > > > Marion, North Carolina. He warned all three firms that operation of > > > radio transmitting equipment without a license could lead to fines of > > > up to $10,000, equipment seizure and even imprisonment. > > > > > > Hollingsworth cited "information before the Commission" that spelled > > > out each vehicle's highway location, license plate and--in two > > > instances--operating frequency (28.085 MHz). One of the Warning Notice > > > letters also identified the make and year of the vehicle. The alleged > > > offenses were said to have occurred when the vehicles were under way > > > on Interstate 77 or Interstate 20 in South Carolina. Hollingsworth > > > asked all three firms to get in touch with him to discuss the > > > allegations. > > > > > > FCC CRACKING DOWN ON TRUCKERS TRANSMITTING ON THE 10 METER BAND > > > > > > July 14, 2003 Jolly Roger Capital, Ltd. > > > 4824 Smallwood Road Apt 149 > > > Columbia, SC 29249-4237 > > > SUBJECT: WARNING NOTICE--UNLICENSED RADIO OPERATION > > > Dear Sir: Information before the Commission indicates that your > > > vehicle bearing South Carolina license plate P-745982, was the source > > > of radio transmissions on the Ten Meter Amateur Radio band (28.085 > > > MHz) on July 8, 2003 on Interstate 20 West in South Carolina. Please > > > be advised that operation of radio transmitting equipment without a > > > license is a violation of Section 301 of the Communications Act of > > > 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 301, and will subject you to fine > > > or imprisonment, as well as an in rem seizure of any non-certified > > > radio transmitting equipment, in cooperation with the United States > > > Attorney for your jurisdiction. Monetary forfeitures normally range > > > from $7,500 to $10,000. You are requested to contact me at > > > 717-338-2502 to discuss this matter. > > > > > > CC: FCC South Central Region > > > > > > > > > > > > July 14, 2003 Tidewater Transit Company, Inc. > > > HWY 70W > > > Kinston, NC 28505 > > > SUBJECT: WARNING NOTICE--UNLICENSED RADIO OPERATION > > > Dear Sir: Information before the Commission indicates that your > > > vehicle, a 2002 Volvo truck bearing North Carolina license plate LK > > > 4130, was the source of radio transmissions on the Ten Meter Amateur > > > Radio band on July 8, 2003 on Interstate 20 near Lexington, SC. Please > > > be advised that operation of radio transmitting equipment without a > > > license is a violation of Section 301 of the Communications Act of > > > 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 301, and will subject you to fine > > > or imprisonment, as well as an in rem seizure of any non-certified > > > radio transmitting equipment, in cooperation with the United States > > > Attorney for your jurisdiction. Monetary forfeitures normally range > > > from $7,500 to $10,000. You are requested to contact me at > > > 717-338-2502 to discuss this matter. > > > > > > CC: FCC South Central Region > > > > > > > > > > > > July 14, 2003 Shuford Lumber, Inc. > > > HWY 70 W > > > Marion, NC 28752 > > > SUBJECT: WARNING NOTICE--UNLICENSED RADIO OPERATION > > > Dear Sir: Information before the Commission indicates that your > > > vehicle bearing North Carolina license plate LB-2267, was the source > > > of radio transmissions on the Ten Meter Amateur Radio band (28.085 > > > MHz) on July 8, 2003 on Interstate 77 North near Fort Lawn, SC. North > > > Carolina Highway Department licensing information indicates that the > > > license tag has recently been changed to LB-4494. Please be advised > > > that operation of radio transmitting equipment without a license is a > > > violation of Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as > > > amended, 47 U.S.C. Section 301, and will subject you to fine or > > > imprisonment, as well as an in rem seizure of any non-certified radio > > > transmitting equipment, in cooperation with the United States Attorney > > > for your jurisdiction. Monetary forfeitures normally range from $7,500 > > > to $10,000. You are requested to contact me at 717-338-2502 to discuss > > > this matter. > > > > > > CC: FCC South Central Region
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